Shop-owners tried to entice us into their shops, but we caught a quickshaw or taxi and asked for the nuns' convent. Never have I been so scared as I was during the next twenty minutes. There are no traffic rules in Colombo […]
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Quickshaw
Synonyms for "quickshaw"
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We went out together and hired a quickshaw (as the Ceylonese taxis used to be called) and I took him out for beer and lunch at my favourite Chinese restaurant.
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We drove there in the one taxi in town, a large Brougham automobile of ancient vintage, whimsically called a quickshaw.
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